Card-table and counter combined



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CARD TABLE AND COUNTER COMBINED.

No. 280,655. Patented July 3,1883.

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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. B. W. MORRIS & N. WEAVER.

CARD TABLE AND COUNTER COMBINED.

No. 280,655. Patented July 3, 1883.

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UNITED 4 STATES PATENT OFFicE;

BENJAMIN IV. MORRIS AND NOAH \VEAVER, OF CIRCLEVILLE, OHIO.

CARD-TABLE AND COUNTER COMBINED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,655, dated July 3, 1888.

Application filed March 29, 1882.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, BENJAMIN WV. MoRRIs and NOAH WVEAVER, of. Oircleville, in the county of Pickaway and State of Ohio, have invented a Card-Table and Counter. Combined, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in combined card-tables or counters; and it consists, first, in the combination of a table-top, which is made hollow and provided with suitableslots and openings through each of its sides, with registering wheels, which show through the slots and openings in the sides of the table, and a suitable toothed wheel and a spring-detent, which snaps into the wheels each time the wheels are moved; second, in the combination of a wheel having suitable finger-holes near its outer edge, and provided with numbers upon its edge, and having at its center a mechanism for making a noise each time that the wheel isturned, so as to register a new count, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of our invention is to form a table-top or game-board in which a counting mechanism is placed, so as to take up no room upon the table, and not interfere with the use of the board as a table or for other similar purposes. I

Figures 1, 2 are views of the registering apparatus, taken from opposite sides. Figs. 3, 4 are plan views of the table or board complete.

A represents the top of a table or a game board, which will preferably be made round, or which may be made of any other shape that may be preferred. WVhere this board or table is to be used as the top of the table, it will be pivoted between suitable supports, so that it will revolve, and thus allow either side of the table to be turned up. As this top is preferably made of sheet metal, the small openings made through its side will not in any way interfere with its use as an ordinary parlor or card table. \Vhere the board is to be used simply as a game-board, it is adapted to be placed upon the top of other tables, or to be held in the players laps.

In between the two tops or sides of the table, which are separated only a sufficient distance from each other to allow the registeringwhe'els to be pivoted between them, are pivoted a number of registering-wheels, B, which are (No model.)

provided with a series of figures in regular order upon their outer edges, and just inside of these figures suitable finger-holes, O, by which the wheels may be turned around from time to time, so as to make the necessary counts.

Through the tops of the table are made two holes, D, for each wheel, and through these holes the numbers upon the wheels show.

Upon one side of the table or board these holes are made in toward the center of the table, while upon the opposite side, upon which the checker-board F is formed, the holes are made near the extreme outer edge of the table or board. These holes are placed near the outer edge of one side, so as not to interfere with the checker-board in any manner; also, for each wheel there is made a slot, G, through each side of the table, and through these slots the finger-holes in the wheels show. These slots are made curved, and are just long enough for the player to catch his finger in one hole to move the wheel around until another hole is presented at the other end of the slot. Upon one side of the registeringwheels the figures run from I to 20, or any smaller or larger number than twenty may be used in stead. -Upon the opposite sides of the registering-wheels the numbers run preferably from 5 to 100; but we do not limit ourselves to any precise arrangement of the parts, for this may be varied to suit different games.

Pivoted near the center of the table are a number of small wheels, I, which are moved by the larger registering-wheels, so as to show the number of times the large wheels have been turned around.

In order to call the attention of the other players to each count that is made upon one of the large wheels, and thus prevent cheating, each ofthe larger wheels is provided with a toothed wheel, J, at its center, and meshing with this toothed wheel is a spring-catch, snap, or detent, 0. As the teeth of the wheel are shaped in both directions alike, the wheels can be turned in either direction; but in whichever direction the wheel is tnrned the rod of the spring snaps from one tooth to the other and sounds an alarm, which calls the attention of the-players to the fact that the wheel is being moved for the purpose of making a new count. The wheels are made to revolve in both directions for the purpose of counting in pedro, and other such games in which the count runs back and forth.

lhe great improvement made by us consists in placing the whole registering apparatus under or between the tops of the table, so that the counting mechanism does not interlere in an y way with the players, nor with the use of the table for other purposes.

Having thus described our invention, we claim The combination of a hollow round cardtable top or board and counter which can be used on either side, made of sheet metal, and

provided with suitable holes to show the number of games, and with suitable slots to enable the wheels to be turned, suitable wheels provided with numbers and finger-holes, and a toothed wheel, spring, snap, or catch, which both serves to hold the wheels in place and sound the alarm at thetime the wheel is turned, substantially as set forth. 

